Monday, December 17, 2012
Give yourself a treat this holiday season with these chewy brownie cookies.
CHEWY BROWNIE COOKIES (taken from Santa’s Favorite Cookies) 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar 2/3 Crisco stick or 2/3 cup Crisco all vegetable shortening 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking soda 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips(12oz package) Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place sheets of foil on counter for cooling cookies. Combine brown sugar, shortening, water and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Beat eggs into creamed mixure. Combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop rounded measuring …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
These kid-friendly cookies are basically thumbprint cookies with a twist. Easy to make and delightful to eat. Enjoy.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Whisk together flour and salt. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until very pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes, then beat in egg and vanilla. At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches just until a dough forms. Divide dough in half and form each piece into a 6-inch disk, then chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll 3 separate level teaspoons of dough each into a ball, then flatten each ball slightly (to 1 inch wide and less than 1/2 inch thick). Arrange them in a triangle on baking sheet with edges touching in center, then make a deep indentation in center of each round with wooden spoon handle. Make more cookies…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Take a look at this recipe for Ginger Stars and share your holiday cookie recipes with us.
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- Carol Frey
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
This recipe is one of my very favorites. I got this from a friend when I was in college; then lost it due to my ever popular habit of writing recipes on the backs of grocery receipts, finally contacted her for the recipe again and have been making it ever since. My friend Dinnie Weaks calls these cookies Ginger Stars because she always cuts them into star shapes. I call them Ginger Stars because she did, but I cut them into lots of different Christmasy shapes. I’m broadminded when it comes to cookie-cutting shapes. GINGER STARS ingredients: prep: Sift together sifted flour, sugar, soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Heat molasses to boiling; remove from heat. Add shortening to molasses; blend thoroughly. Add …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A cookie that tastes just like a candy cane hot chocolate.
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- Leann Pettit
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I love candy cane hot chocolates. And Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses are delicious, and only available this time of year. So, what perfect way to honor the delicious holiday treat than with their very own cookie? Be sure to refrigerate the dough so you can work with it. I found it easiest to make the cookies even by using a cookie scoop and then rolling the dough with my hands. Enjoy these warm as you pull them out of the oven (the Kisses will be melty from the warm cookie) or with milk as a special treat. These are perfect cookies for holiday guests or for a cookie exchange. Ingredients Directions Keep up with news by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
More than a simple sugar cookie, this butter cookie could make the perfect addition to any holiday occasion.
The Spritz Cookie is basically a butter cookie. All you’ll need is a cookie press and sprinkles. Below is the recipe courtesy of chef Hank Shaw at www.simplyrecipes.com Spritz Cookies Recipe Make sure your butter has warmed to room temperature before making this recipe. It matters a lot! Ingredients: Cookies: Optional Garnishes: Directions: Yield: Makes about 35 cookies, depending on how big you make them. Keep up with news by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Pumpkin pie and apple cheese tart; Irish sausage stuffing, green beans and roasted winter squash; cranberry cherry relish and cranberry sauce; mashed potatoes, sweet potato peach puffs and potato casserole; traditional and nontraditional turkey recipes.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Share your holiday recipes in the comments below or by emailing Melissa Kory at melissa.kory@Patch.com.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Not in the mood to cook this Thanksgiving? Here are some selections of Thanksgiving dinner specials from local grocery stores and restaurants, including Publix, Chicken and the Egg, Magnolia Thomas Restaurant, Ted’s Montana Grill and Cracker Barrel.
This year, why don’t you consider a new Thanksgiving tradition? Save Mom from slaving over a hot stove for days and take her out! The very suggestion may create emphatic “Nos” from some; but on behalf of Moms everywhere, I am suggesting that for just one big holiday give Mom, as well as the rest of the family, an opportunity to be able to eat and enjoy. I’ll bet her level of gratitude would increase greatly and give her more energy to buy Christmas presents on Black Friday. Wink, wink. There are many tasty ways to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner without Mom’s help and still maintain important Southern cuisine traditions. Both Kroger and Publix offer complete family dinners unde $60. Chicken and the Egg, Magnolia Thomas Restaurant, Ted’s Montana …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Do you have a holiday cookie recipe that your kids go crazy for? Share it with Patch.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
I love cookies. All of them. Whether sugar, spritz, gingerbread, chocolate chip, pinwheels, Girl Scout or other. I'm cookie crazy. So this holiday season we're celebrating the cookie with tons of cookie recipes. Share that famous gingerbread cookie recipe you were telling me about the other day, or the sugar cookies your kids go nuts for. Send in your best cookie recipe with a photo of your kids enjoying them, or some other cute cookie-related photo, and we'll post it. Whether it's a traditional recipe or something new-fangled, butter or vegan, Christmas cookie or Kosher, send your cookie recipes to Melissa.Kory@patch.com or post them in the comments below, or become a Local Voice on Marietta Patch or South Cobb Patch and share your …
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Our Chef Laureen has done it again by providing simple and delicious cooking tips here for the football lovers in your life.
We are in the heart of football season and what a great time for fun with food and friends! As in football, a winning tailgate celebration requires a game plan. Make what you can ahead of time, team up with your friends and divvy up the menu for all the players to participate in on the action. Think like a pro and stick to your game plan. During a recent game day visit to the market, I stood in the checkout line behind a young woman purchasing frozen meatballs, grape jelly, cocktail sauce and ketchup…My immediate thoughts took me back to 60s and what every modern day mom served up for their cocktail parties. The dreaded cocktail meatballs! Witnessing this soon to be culinary flag throwing foul inspired me to think outside the goal line …
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Join these celebrated local cooks as they share their passion for food and all things food related.
We’ve always thought this family favorite to be an Italian creation, having enjoyed them at every Italian festival and gathering. However, according to legend, the original Clams Casino was developed in 1917 in Rhode Island. A rather wealthy patron approached the maitre’d at the Little Casino wanting something extra special for her guests. Well, she loved their dish and listed it on her table cards as Clams Casino after the hotel. Word spread and the rest is history! Here’s our take on this classic. It’s simple, quick and delicious, sure to “WOW” your guests! (in a good way) Recipe: Clams Casino Ingredients: 1 can chopped clams, with juices 1 sweet Italian Sausage, casing removed ¼ onion, small dice ½ cups plain bread crumbs 4 shots …
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2:35 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I have been making these since I was a child. You have to put the sprinkles on BEFORE you bake them...they will not stick otherwise. You can use sugar or chocolate sprinkles. I also color the dough to make them more interesting! You can use a mixer---that is the only way I have ever made them. Enjoy! more ›